10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) Lyrics

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Genius Annotation

“Wings for Marie” parts 1 and 2, as well as all of 10,000 Days, was dedicated to lead singer Maynard James Keenan’s mother Judith Marie Gridley. She passed away 3 years prior to the release of the album.

When Maynard was 11 years old, his mother suffered a brain aneurysm that left her paralyzed for the remainder of her life. Despite her unfortunate condition, she maintained a strong faith in God. Though Maynard would have odds with her views at times (as exemplified in A Perfect Circle’s “Judith”), he espouses in the album’s two-part dedication that because of her faith in such a trying episode, she above all others is deserving of Heaven.

The 10,000 days of the album’s title refers to the 27 years that Maynard’s mother lived after being paralyzed.

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Maynard James Keenan:

I think probably the stupidest thing I could have done on 10,000 Days was put myself out there as much as I did with the tracks “Wings for Marie (Part 1)” and “10,000 Days (Wings Part 2).” I’ll never make that mistake again. It just took too much out of me – too much emotionally, mentally, physically – all those manifestations. Those songs were exploited and misconstrued, people were flippant and dismissive. I won’t be doing that anymore. And technically, “Wings” is very difficult to pull off. If any one of us is off, it falls apart and makes that thing tragic, and that’s not a good song for me to have fall apart. It’s just too personal.

—via Loudwire

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O'Henry Sound Studios, Grandmaster Recorders, The Loft, Hollywood
Release Date
May 2, 2006
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